A deliberately small sampler used as a reference. It plays short built-in sounds from MIDI and exists so the same sampler can be compared across Maru's module format and a conventional JUCE implementation. It is a developer tool rather than an instrument for everyday use.
What it does
All of its sounds are generated, not recorded: fourteen short drum, tone, pad and noise recipes packed into one mono sample table that ships inside the module. It loads no files and needs no downloads.
The controls choose a window of that table and how it plays:
- Asset Start and Asset End set which part of the table plays.
- Asset Gain and Level set the sample gain and the output level.
- Source Rate sets the rate the table is read at, which changes its pitch and length.
- Loop repeats the selected window while a note is held.
- Attack and Release shape each note.
The display on the face shows where the start and end settings sit over the table's sound regions. It is a map, not a waveform or a playhead.